Chapter 74: Awe (Three Watches)
Halfway through the Olympic Games, a dozen or dozens of gold medals have been produced every day since the start of the Games, which has made many spectators feel numb, and they can't even remember where the latest gold medal belongs.
For the media, the news of the players winning the gold has also become a running account, and there are many reports, and even the media itself is a little tasteless. At this time, there may only be a new world record that will attract more attention.
The media waited all day in anticipation of the birth of a world record, but a new one could be so easy to appear. It was also at this time that the news of Zhang Guan's winning the Golden Slam appeared.
The world's second men's singles golden slam, a golden slam that reappeared after 20 years, instantly became the focus of media coverage with the east wind of the Olympic Games. The news quickly replaced the news of Phelps' eighth gold medal and dominated the headlines of domestic sports and sports pages in various countries. At the same time, people can't help but compare Zhang Guan with the previous Golden Slam winner Agassi, and this week's Time magazine published this article:
"Zhang Guanjin's Grand Slam is comparable to Agassi, but the advantages are beyond the reach of his predecessors"
"This day will go down in tennis history as 22-year-old Chinese Zhang Guan wrote his own record, winning 3-0 in the final final battle against Spaniard Nadal and fulfilling his dream of a Golden Slam. The so-called "Golden Slam" requires players to win four Grand Slam titles in their careers and win gold medals at the Olympic Games every four years, so the difficulty can be imagined. So far, only the Agassi couple have technically won the Golden Slam. ”
"Now let's look back at the Golden Slam of Zhang Guan's career, in 2007, Zhang Guan's first professional tennis tournament appeared on the court of the Australian Open, at that time no one would have thought that this player with a sponsor wild card would dominate Melbourne Park, some even think that he did not deserve to be a professional autumn harvest, but it was here, facing Federer, Zhang Guan snatched the Australian Open title from the Swiss, and it was before he was on the verge of his first Grand Slam trophy. Not yet twenty-one years old, his face was still full of shyness. ”
However, Zhang Guan was out of control, and at Roland Garros, Zhang Guan secured the title in his first appearance at the French Open, and the king of clay, Nadal, was powerless in front of him; At Wimbledon, his epic showdown with Federer was destined to go down in history; By the time he appeared in New York, there was no one to stop him. Sweeping the four Grand Slams in one year without defeat, Zhang Guan's experience is legendary. ”
Agassi defeated Ivanisevic at Wimbledon in 1992 to win Wimbledon, won the US Open in 1994, won the Australian Open in 1995, won the Olympic men's singles title in 1996, and reversed Medvedev in the French Open final in 1999 to achieve the "Golden Slam" hegemony, when Agassi was 29 years old, and now Zhang Guan is only 22 years old when he completes the "Golden Slam". ”
The age of the hurdle is obvious, almost every champion has stepped down from the altar at the age of his establishment, and the 22-year-old Zhang Guan is seven years younger than Agassi when he achieved this feat, which also means that all the great achievements today will not be the end, and the road to continue to pursue new dreams with all his heart has just begun. In history, there have been Borg and McEnroe, Edberg, Becker, Sampras, Agassi, this series of names represents not only the honor of the football king, but also synonymous with classics and legends, and on this day, Zhang Guan is written into a legend like them. ”
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After winning the Golden Slam, Zhang Guan did not celebrate, he did not have time to celebrate, because in the evening he still had to compete in the semi-finals of the men's 1500m.
Two races a day is already a relatively easy schedule for Zhang Guan now. The match with Nadal did not consume too much physical strength of Zhang Guan, and today Nadal was in no state because of the atmosphere of the game, and Zhang Guan was able to retain more physical strength.
At the same time, the semi-finals of the 1500m are held at 10 o'clock in the evening, and Zhang Guan has three hours to recuperate, and he even enjoys a hearty dinner before sleeping in the lounge and getting up to prepare for the race.
A total of 24 runners competed in the 1500m semi-finals, so the semi-finals were divided into two groups, and Zhang Guan was placed in the second group. When Zhang Guan appeared in the arena, the eyes of the other contestants looked at him noticeably.
In the 1500-meter preliminary race, the competitors only regarded Zhang Guan as a slightly famous competitor, and some people even felt that Zhang Guan had not participated in the competition for two years and was not in good shape, so they did not take Zhang Guan seriously. But now it was different, and everyone's eyes became awe-struck when they looked at Zhang Guan, as if an ordinary monkey in the monkey group saw the monkey king.
Classes have existed since the day of the birth of mankind. It's like the ancient county lord party, some counties may be slightly richer, and some counties are slightly poorer, but since everyone is the county lord, the status of each other is equal, and no one is superior. But if a prefect suddenly appears in the gathering of the county magistrate, even if it is the prefect of another state capital, he can't control this batch of county magistrates at all, but in the eyes of the county magistrate, the prefect is always one level higher than himself.
The current situation is like this, in the preliminary round, everyone is the county master, and the big deal is that Zhang Guan's fame is greater. After these two days, Zhang Guan first won the championship in the men's 100-meter trapeze battle, and then won the tennis final in the morning and won the Golden Slam.
That's what competitive sports are, results are everything. Every achievement is like a stepping stone to stand taller, when others can only look up to see you. When people stand tall, they will naturally have majesty, and they will naturally make people feel awe.
"Look, it's Zhang Guan, Zhang Guan is here!"
"Don't push me, I saw it!"
"Did you watch yesterday's game?"
"Which game?"
"Of course, it's a 100-meter flyer battle, the pinnacle showdown between Zhang Guan and Bolt!"
"Of course I watched it, Zhang Guan was 0.1 seconds faster! The 0.1 second of the 100m represents two different athletes. ”
"Is that an exaggeration? Isn't it just 0.1 seconds? ”
"The 100-meter athlete is 0.1 second faster than the opponent, which is equivalent to the 1500-meter athlete being two seconds faster than the opponent! Imagine if you run 3 minutes and 35 seconds and 3 minutes and 37 seconds in the 1500 meters, how big a difference will there be? ”
"You don't know, just a few hours ago, in the just-concluded tennis final, Zhang Guan won another gold medal, and he also won the golden slam of tennis!"
"So Zhang Guan has already won two gold medals? Do you think it is possible for Zhang Guan to win a gold medal in the 1500m event as well? ”
"It's possible. Let's not forget that he ran 3:32.87 in the preliminary race and finished first in the group, faster than Ramz. It seems that Zhang Guan should have no problem entering the final. If Zhang Guan plays better, maybe he can really win the championship! ”
The discussion of everyone inadvertently fell into Ramz's ears, especially the topic of whether Zhang Guan could win the gold medal in the 1500m, which made Ramz feel extremely harsh.
"The gold medal must be mine! No one can snatch the gold medal from me! Ramz clenched his fists as a crazy thought struck him.
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